Comments on: Motivational Posters: Winston Churchill Edition (Part I)http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/
Men's Interests and LifestyleSat, 01 Aug 2015 23:57:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Brett G.http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-454730
Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:04:53 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-454730@Brett McKay
I’d have to agree with John on this one. Referring to someone as an “organ grinder” is not respectful: it’s derogatory. This quote does seem to warn against trying to sway the feelings of an underling when his superior is present, but out of practicality, not respect.
]]>By: deChelcahttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-454573
Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:19:26 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-454573Winston Churchill had a hundred quotes I love. The man was a master writer. One of his quotes I liked so much I had it inked along my upper arm:
“For Without Victory There Can Be No Survival.”
]]>By: Edwardhttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-454556
Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:18:24 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-454556On December 30 1941, with the Allies engaged in battle with the Axis powers, Winston Churchill said this to the Canadian Parliament: “We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.” One of my favorite Churchill quotes.
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Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:17:52 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-262604“I can think of no other instance in history
where the future of the world depended
on the courage of one man” Joseph Stalin

speaking of Churchill at Yalta
1945

]]>By: TomHhttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-108680
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:08:04 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-108680We have knocked all the great men down, we put them on pedestals only to smash tehm with the wonderful gift of retrospection. He was a man of his time and nothing detractors say can take that away. Unfortunately men of this calibre are have been neutered by the rise of political correctness.
]]>By: Leonidashttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-108679
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:51:53 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-108679One of my favorites was a response to, I believe, being asked how he maintains his vitality. His response was quick and as always brilliant (I may be paraphrasing as I am reciting from memory):

“Economy of effort! Never stand when you can sit and never sit when you can lay down.”

Also for those who are interested if you go to archive.org and search for Wiinston Churchill in the audio section you will find around 100 of his speeches free of charge. I put them on my Mp3 player as I’m a bit of an enthusiast of great speakers.

]]>By: Jeremyhttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-107534
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:43:56 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-107534And Dave Z – the Dresden myth has indeed been disputed and dis-proven. Dresden was, according to records, one of the targets chosen by “Bomber” Harris as being of strategic importance for one reason or another.

This deserves the same amount of respect as the idea that he abused alcohol or was saved from drowning by Alexander Fleming: none.

]]>By: Jeremyhttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-107499
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:20:50 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-107499Also, a question – why, when you post something about a figure of history, does it seem invariably that those people come crawling out of the woodwork to point out negatives, as though they were the sum total of who the person was? Do you, the reader, have negative points about you? I know I do. Those bad points do not negate any good that I have done, or try to do, any more than they do yours – why should it be so for figures of history? For myself, I feel it stems from a sense of jealousy – as though we have to knock them down and say “They weren’t so good.” In my humble opinion, all it does is demonstrate our own lack of self-worth and class when we engage in it.
]]>By: Jeremyhttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-107498
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:18:03 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-107498After reading some of the above comments, I wanted to direct peoples’ attention to the following links. Dave and anon (Posting something negative under the name of “anon” makes me think of the line in “Ben Hur” when the Roman makes a disparaging remark about Arabs while surrounded by about 50 of his friends – the Arab smiles and says, simply, “Bravely spoken.”), especially, may be interested in checking the page for the Churchill Center out. (www.winstonchurchill.org) It debunks myths, deals with misquotes and is a great source of information.
]]>By: Annehttp://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/09/30/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-107440
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:06:16 +0000http://artofmanliness.com/?p=5531#comment-107440You left out his best zinger, the famous response to a woman who accused him of being drunk: “And you, madam, are ugly. In the morning, I’ll be sober.”
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